Anchor to Aspire™Coaching with Johanna Danaher
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Self-Sabotage Assessment

In two minutes, find the one move you keep making when you get in your own way.

Five quick questions. One honest result.

Question 1 of 5
Question 1 of 5
A door opens. Something you want becomes possible: a role, a project, a relationship, a leap. What happens first?
Pick the one closest to you, even if a few feel true.
AResearch it. I start mapping what I would need to know and plan before I could begin.
BRead the room. I start weighing what people would think if I went for it.
CPulled away. Whatever is urgent pulls me back before I can act on it.
DHas to be perfect. I want it, but I would not put myself forward until I could do it flawlessly.
ENot for me. I assume someone more capable is the real fit, so why put myself forward.
FI go for it. I feel the fear or the doubt and take a real step toward it anyway.
Question 2 of 5
Something goes well and you get credit for it. Your gut reaction?
Pick the one closest to you, even if a few feel true.
ABrush it off. I credit luck, timing, or the team, not myself.
BWonder why. I feel pleased, then wonder what they really want.
CYes, but. I take it, then fixate on what was not quite right.
DNot done learning. I appreciate it, but I am focused on all I still need to master.
ENo time to land. It is gone by tomorrow, buried under the next urgent thing.
FI take it in. I let it land, and let myself actually feel good about it.
Question 3 of 5
You have to speak up for what you are worth: ask for the raise, set your price, say what you bring. What comes up?
Pick the one closest to you, even if a few feel true.
AWho am I. It feels like claiming more than I am.
BSounds like bragging. I worry how it lands and that people will judge me.
CProve it first. I gather evidence and benchmarks before I will say a word.
DLet the work speak. I would rather it show, once it is good enough to be undeniable.
EIt waits. I mean to, but something more urgent always jumps ahead of my own ask.
FI say it plainly. I know what I bring, and I can name it without apology.
Question 4 of 5
You get some hard feedback, or something does not go the way you hoped. What happens inside?
Pick the one closest to you, even if a few feel true.
AKnew it. It confirms the doubt I already carry about myself.
BAre we okay. I worry whether they still respect me, or still like me.
CBuild a fix. I work out exactly what went wrong and plan so it cannot happen again.
DReplays at 2am. I turn it over for hours, even years, wishing I had done it better.
ENo time to process. I mean to sit with it, but the next fire pulls me away first.
FI use what helps. I feel the sting, keep what is useful, and let the rest go.
Question 5 of 5
Be honest. If the thing you want most still has not happened, the truest reason is...
Pick the one closest to you, even if a few feel true.
AKept preparing. I planned and researched it, but I never actually started.
BFollowed the expected path. I let other people's views steer me more than my own.
CStayed in survival mode. I was busy with what was urgent, not what mattered.
DKept polishing. I had it nearly ready, but it never felt good enough to share.
ENot my place. I did not believe I was the right person to do it.
FIt's already moving. Honestly, I have been taking real steps, and it is underway.